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Smart Metering: IoT Technologies, Rollouts and Utility Use Cases

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Smart metering has become a foundational component of modern utility infrastructure, enabling granular visibility into energy, water, and gas consumption. As utilities transition toward more digital and distributed models, the ability to collect, transmit, and analyze usage data in near real time is no longer optional—it is a prerequisite for operational efficiency and regulatory compliance. […]

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Germany’s Energy Crisis And The National-Conservative Turn

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Germany’s Energy Crisis And The National-Conservative Turn Submitted by Thomas Kolbe If the Union had been waiting for a favorable moment to save face and quietly escape the energy-policy fiasco, that moment has probably arrived. On Thursday, the European Parliament formed a broad coalition of the Union-backed EPP faction with the national conservatives. The goal:

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Sea Change: ‘Very Unfavorable’ Views of Israel Triple Among US Adults

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Sea Change: ‘Very Unfavorable’ Views of Israel Triple Among US Adults Amid a major war on Iran waged in partnership with the United States, Israel’s reputation among Americans has continued to deteriorate, with 60% of US adults viewing Israel unfavorably. That’s a hefty 18-point increase from 2022, according to a new survey from Pew Research. Over the

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VP Vance Says Brussels’ Attempt To Sway Hungarian Vote Is “Worst Foreign Election Interference He’s Ever Seen”

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VP Vance Says Brussels’ Attempt To Sway Hungarian Vote Is “Worst Foreign Election Interference He’s Ever Seen” Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance used a high-profile appearance in Budapest alongside Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to accuse Brussels of carrying out “one of the worst examples of foreign and election

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Europe Begins Energy Rationing as the Crisis Moves Into Daily Life

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Europe is now removing any doubt about the seriousness of this crisis, because governments do not tell millions of people to stay home from work unless there is a genuine shortage forming beneath the surface. The European Union has begun urging citizens to work from home, drive less, reduce speed limits, and cut overall energy

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Digital Iron Curtain Expands as Russia Adopts China’s Surveillance Model

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The Russian police has launched a mass-campaign of pulling people over and checking their phones to see if they have “illegal VPNs” installed pic.twitter.com/m4oBBvE2dO — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 6, 2026 Russia has now begun implementing what can only be described as a street-level surveillance hunt, with police conducting mass traffic stops not for crime

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The Great Retreat: Beijing’s Digital Currency Ambitions Are Faltering

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The Great Retreat: Beijing’s Digital Currency Ambitions Are Faltering Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has positioned the digital yuan (e-CNY) as the ultimate weapon of financial totalitarianism. It was intended to be the crowning achievement of the surveillance state. With a programmable, traceable

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Federal Appeals Court Allows Pentagon To Designate Anthropic As A Supply-Chain Risk

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Federal Appeals Court Allows Pentagon To Designate Anthropic As A Supply-Chain Risk In a significant development for the intersection of artificial intelligence policy and national security, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled on April 8 that the Department of War may designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk while a full judicial review plays out.

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